Automobile-frame.



L. LAISN'E.

AUTOMOBILE FRAME. APPLICATION FILED APR-so. ma.- RENEWED Nov. 20. m1;

Patented Apr. 23, 1916.

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L. LAISNE.

AUTOMOBILE FRAME. APPLICATION r1120 APR. 30. 1914. RENEWED 110v. 20. 1917.

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The present invention relates to an automobile or the like framein which the longi- 'ttktudinal bearers 'or frame members form the fuel tank while the cross bearers form reservoirs for compressed air, the foot boards being integral with the longitudinal bearers so that any connecting means between said parts are dispensed wlth. Furthermore the bod of an air pump is secured to the frame whi e the piston is mounted on the axles, in .such a manner that the motions of the piston within the pump body, produced by the irregularities of the road, compress air in the cross bearer forming the compressed air reservoir. Owing to such arrangement, the number of parts of the automobile is diminished, the frame is stronger and a very simple shock deadening device is provided. efiect, when a shock is imparted to the e, and the latter tends to move away from the frame, the piston is moving upward and sucks air, after which the frame moves back into its normal position. At this instant the pistonis moving downward, expelling the air which is forced into the reservoir. For forcing the sucked air into the reservoir, a resistance acts onto the piston, which resistance prevents the frame from" being pushed suddenly into its initial position, so

that the air pump deadening device.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figurel is a lateral view of an automobile forms a positive shock frame.

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Fig. 2 is atop 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of same.

' Fig. 4: is a lateral view oftheframe and rear axle showing the arrangement of the air pump on both said arts.

Fi 5 is a sectiona view of the ump showing the automatic lubricating device of same.

The longitudinal bearers A and F are view corresponding to I r w c1111.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 23, T91. Application filed. April 30, 1914, Serial No. 835,455.

Renewed November 20, 1917. Serial No. 203.0001}.

The cross bars G and 1 form reservoirs for the compressed air while the intermediate cross bar If forms a tube connecting both fuel reservoirs A and B.

J is an aperture at the top of one of the longitudinal bearers and through which the fuel is poured into the reservoir, while K is an outlet for evacuating the fuel.

An air inlet L and an air outlet M are provided on the cross bearers T and Gr forming the air tank.

The pump body N is secured on' theframe by means of a bolt 0 around which said body pivots.

The piston rod P is secured to the back axle by means of a bolt Q. The latter is provided with a lubricating bore opening into the interior of the back axle. The oil contained in the latter is thrown into the lubricating hole and flows through the bore Q and through a bore R of the piston rod for automatically lubricating the piston rod and the piston.

' Having now fully described my. said invention what I claim and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A motor vehicle frame includinglongitudinal members, said members bein hollow. and closed at each end, a plurallty of partitionsin' said members, forming front, rear and intermediate sets of compartments, front and rear transverse frame members for holding together the longitudinal members, said transverse members being hollow, and an intermediate transverse hollow frame member, the transverse members being adapted to form conduits between oppositely disposed sets of the compartments 1n the longitudinal members.

2. A motor vehicle including longitudinal tubular frame members,

rectanlar in cross members being partitioned within to form v mediate diict for connecting the intermedia' front, rear and intermediate series of eomate series of compartments. 10

- partments, a tu ular front frame member I11 testnpony whereof I have heleunto set disposed transvfrsely of the frame and y hand 111 Presence O two Wltnesses- 5 adapted to formja passage between the front c LEON LAISN E.

I series of compartments, a tubular rear mem- Witnesses:

ber adapted to form a passage betweenthe rear series of compartments, and an inter- 

